Robust.AI raised $15 million led by Jazz Ventures to build a cognitive engine for robotics. The goal: To allow people to build robots faster, cheaper and with more reliability.
A researcher from the University of Washington, using tiny technology, has been playing a big role in helping state entomologists tackle a giant problem. Giant hornets, in fact.
Democracy depends on trust in elections; that trust is under attack. We explore different examples of false narratives that we are likely to see during these different periods — a chaotic Election Day, an uncertain election night, and during a...
Greg LindenNote that the "For the People Act of 2019", HR1, would improve a lot of this by, eg, making election day a holiday and other improvements. It was passed by the House, but is being blocked by McConnell in the Senate.
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Distrust of the electoral system, disillusionment with politics and systemic barriers can cause voters to skip elections, according to the FiveThirtyEight poll with Ipsos. We found that most Americans vote inconsistently or when the stakes are just...
Quibi, a mobile-first video startup primarily known for being an extremely well-funded pet project of woefully out-of-touch co-founders Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, is shutting down. Born in…
The University of Washington has moved up two spots to No. 8 in the latest ranking of Best Global Universities from U.S. News & World Report, beating out such prestigious institutions as Princeton…
<p>Americans think about elections wrong; they aren’t only about tallying votes to declare a winner. Elections in a democracy are just as much about convincing the loser that he or she actually lost—and that the process was free, fair, and secure...
PDF | Meetings are routine in organizations, but their value is often questioned by the employees who must sit through them daily. The science of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
New Zealand’s prime minister and her party are coasting to victory in national elections, but it is unclear how far she will push her progressive promises.
We cannot stand by and let science be undermined. Joe Biden’s trust in truth, evidence, science and democracy make him the only choice in the US election.